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Chemistry World January 17, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Molecular Magnets of Mystery Researchers have discovered a new class of molecular magnets which work above room temperature. But why the magnets work, and what their structures are, remains a perplexing mystery.
Popular Mechanics November 24, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Polar Printer Reimagines the Way Magnets Work (With Video!) An invention that can reconfigure the charges of magnets in never-before-seen patterns may lead to new varieties of contact-free attachments and friction-free gears.
U.S. CPSC April 19, 2007	Small Magnets Are Injuring Children; CPSC Releases Stronger Warning to Parents Within the past year, the CPSC has conducted five recalls with more than eight million products containing magnets that could come loose and fall out of the product.
U.S. CPSC January 23, 2008	Battat Recalls Magnetic Construction Sets; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets inside the building pieces can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.
Chemistry World February 4, 2011	MOF magnets deliver drugs German scientists have encapsulated nanomagnets inside metal organic frameworks. The MOF magnets can be filled with a drug, which is released when a magnetic field is applied.
U.S. CPSC February 22, 2008	Family Dollar Recalls Magnetic Dart Boards; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets at the ends of the darts can detach. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.
U.S. CPSC February 15, 2007	Jazwares Inc. Recalls Link-N-Lite(TM) Magnetic Puzzles, Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets used to connect the puzzle pieces can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
U.S. CPSC October 14, 2008	Bar Magnets Recalled by Home Science Tools Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard Surface paints on the magnets contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard.
U.S. CPSC May 27, 2010	Buckyballs High Powered Magnets Sets Recalled by Maxfield and Oberton Due to Violation of Federal Toy Standard The high powered magnets sets were labeled "Ages 13+" and do not meet the mandatory toy standard F963-08 (effective August 17, 2009) which requires that such powerful magnets are not sold for children under 14.
U.S. CPSC July 24, 2008	Pacific Science Supplies Recalls Magnets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard The paint on the magnets can contain excess levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.
U.S. CPSC March 31, 2006	Child's Death Prompts Replacement Program of Magnetic Building Sets Tiny magnets inside the plastic building pieces and rods can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract to each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
Technology Research News December 11, 2002 Eric Smalley	Microscopic mix strengthens magnet Magnets are usually an either-or proposition. They either generate a strong magnetic field or they hold up well in the presence of external magnetic fields. A method that mixes the two types of magnets at the nanoscale could pave the way for smaller electric motors and generators.
U.S. CPSC May 22, 2008	United Scientific Recalls Magnets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard Surface paint on the magnets contains high levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard.
Reactive Reports December 2003 David Bradley	Airy magnets Spanish researchers have created a new type of magnetic material that is ultra-light and transparent. The airy magnets could have applications in flat screen displays and magneto-optical memory devices for computers.
U.S. CPSC April 8, 2008	Magnetic Dart Boards Recalled By Henry Gordy Int'l; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets at the ends of the darts can detach and be swallowed or aspirated by young children. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.
Popular Mechanics March 2003 Paul Eisenstein	World's Most Powerful Magnet The "magnetar," or magnetic neutron star known as Soft Gamma Repeater 1806-20, is the most powerful known magnetic object in the universe. While it's unlikely anything man-made will ever come close to the power of a magnetar, it's not for lack of trying.
Chemistry World May 14, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Powerful pocket sized NMR magnets Arrangements of chunks of permanent magnetic material that can be tweaked to give strong, uniform fields could open the door to more sensitive and higher resolution portable nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, say researchers in Germany.
Technology Research News July 30, 2003	See-through magnets hang tough Researchers from the Independent University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Zaragoza in Spain have found a way to form transparent, durable, lightweight magnets that maintain their magnetism in magnetic fields and high temperatures.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Hadjipanayis & Gabay	The Incredible Pull of Nanocomposite Magnets Nanotechnology could make rare earth magnets even stronger.
U.S. CPSC March 13, 2008	Battat Recalls Additional Magnetic Construction Sets; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets inside the building pieces can fall out, risking aspiration and intestinal perforations or blockages if swallowed by children.
U.S. CPSC March 17, 2008	MEGA Brands Recalls Magtastik and Magnetix Jr. Pre-School Magnetic Toys; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Magnets in the small flexible parts of the animals, vehicles and building sets can detach. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Hyneman & Savage	MythBusters Workshop: Fun with Supermagnets Many people aren't aware of the shenanigans you can get into with ultrapowerful rare-earth magnets, which can have many times the strength of garden-variety magnets...
AskMen.com Kevin Conklin	Work Refrigerator Etiquette The following rules to work refrigerator etiquette will keep you and your colleagues' relationships intact, help you stay off the suit's blacklist and make putting your food in the fridge at work the most assuring part of the day.
U.S. CPSC July 5, 2007	Serious Intestinal Injury Prompts Kipp Brothers Recall of Mag Stix Magnetic Building Sets Small magnets inside the plastic sticks can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
U.S. CPSC March 17, 2008	MEGA Brands Recalls MagnaMan Magnetic Action Figures; Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Small magnets inside the figures can detach. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages, which can be fatal.
Reactive Reports Issue 37 David Bradley	Magnetic Plastics Cheap, lightweight, non-metallic magnets could result from the discovery of badly behaved electrons in a new type of free radical discovered by US researchers.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Travis Hoium	Molycorp Gets Charged Up Molycorp joins a venture that will make the world's most powerful magnets.
U.S. CPSC January 18, 2007	Geometix International LLC Recalls MagneBlocks(TM) Toys, Ingested Magnets Pose Aspiration and Intestinal Hazards Tiny magnets inside the building pieces can fall out. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
Wired August 2008 Katharine Gammon	Most Dangerous Object in the Office This Month: Neodymium Supermagnets With a combined pull force is 800 pounds, magnets from United Nuclear Scientific Supplies would cause mayhem in the office.
U.S. CPSC July 24, 2008	Horseshoe Magnets Recalled by Dowling Magnets Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard The plastic coating on the magnets contains excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard.
U.S. CPSC August 26, 2010	Magnetic Maze Boards Recalled by Lakeshore Learning Materials Due to Choking, Intestinal and Aspiration Hazards The magnetic maze board's plastic wand can separate and expose a magnet that can be a choking hazard to children.
This Old House Elizabeth Lilly	8 Refrigerator Efficiency Hacks These tips will keep your fridge operating in tip-top shape.
Chemistry World July 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Magnetic Sponge Can Squeeze Itself Out Researchers in Japan and Singapore have created a sponge that can wring itself out upon application of a magnetic field.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010	The Next Ice Age Given the history of complaints about office refrigerators, it's remarkable how few technological advances there have been - until now. Though nearly all of these models are still in development, they could revolutionize lunch time as we know it.
Fast Company Chris Gayomali	This Is Why We Don't Have Google X Hoverboards Yet In this month's inside look at Google X, Google's fantastical R&D lab, researcher (and avid skateboarder) Rich DeVaul says he tried to design one. Why? "I just wanted one," he says.
U.S. CPSC August 14, 2007	Mattel Recalls Barbie and Tanner(TM) Magnetic Toys Due to Magnets Coming Loose A small magnet inside the "scooper" accessory can come loose. Magnets found by young children can be swallowed or aspirated. If more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation or blockage, which can be fatal.
Inc. February 2005 Michelle Leder	Case Study The Problem: Dwain Gullion hit a chord with his magnetic yellow ribbons. But can he turn a patriotic fad into a real business?
Technology Research News January 1, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Aligned fields could speed storage Researchers from three institutes in Germany and Russia have found a material whose electric and magnetic domains line up together. The work could bring together the currently separate fields of magnetic and electronic data storage, which would give both methods more flexibility.
This Old House	10 Uses for Magnets Improve home heating, give your water heater a longer life and eight other uses for magnets.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Nanorings promise big memory Researchers have found a way to cause magnetic cobalt nanoparticles to spontaneously assemble into rings that are less than 100 nanometers across. Because the molecule is small, memory made from it could hold a great deal of information.
U.S. CPSC November 21, 2006	Serious Injuries Prompt Recall of Mattel's Polly Pocket Magnetic Play Sets Tiny magnets inside the dolls and accessories can fall out. The magnets can be swallowed. When more than one magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract each other and cause intestinal perforation, infection or blockage.
Chemistry World January 4, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Laser guided maglev graphite air hockey A graphite disk levitating over a bed of rare earth permanent magnets can be 'pushed' around or made to spin using a laser beam, Japanese scientists have shown. The phenomenon can also be used to convert sunlight into movement, offering a possible alternative way to harness solar energy.
Technology Research News October 20, 2004	Biochip levitates droplets Researchers have devised a way to magnetically levitate particles and droplets that have volumes smaller than one billionth of a milliliter. Labs-on-a-chip is one of many potential uses.